Leonardo Blair
Senior Reporter
Leonardo Blair is an award-winning investigative reporter and feature writer whose career spanned secular media in the Caribbean and New York City prior to joining The Christian Post in 2013. His early work with CP focusing on crime and Christian society quickly attracted international attention when he exposed a campaign by Creflo Dollar Ministries in 2015 to raise money from supporters to purchase a $65 million luxury jet. He continues to report extensively on church crimes, spiritual abuse, mental health, the black church and major events impacting Christian culture.
He is a 2007 alumnus of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where he was an inaugural member of the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism. He lives with his wife and two sons in New York City.
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Sean Feucht's accusers challenge disgruntled volunteers claim
Former ministry workers for activist missionary and worship leader Sean Feucht are standing by their allegations of financial, spiritual and moral misconduct against him and challenged his claim that they are disgruntled volunteers who were dismissed for moral failings.
Gateway Church announces staff cuts due to ‘significant drop’ in tithes, offerings
Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, has announced it will cut staff in the coming weeks due to “a significant drop” in tithes and general giving as it continues to reel in the aftermath of founder Robert Morris’ child sex abuse scandal.
Suspect in murder of Pastor William Schonemann was struggling with gambling addiction
Adam Christopher Sheafe, the troubled ex-convict who is the main suspect in the murder of New River Bible Chapel Pastor William Schonemann, struggled with a gambling addiction and lost a court battle against trading platform and futures broker NinjaTrader in which he tried to recoup losses.
Actor Derek Dixon sues media mogul Tyler Perry for sexual assault
Media mogul Tyler Perry, a professed Christian, has been accused of aggressively sexually assaulting and harassing a male actor and writer who was so traumatized by the alleged ordeal that he walked away from a contract worth nearly $400,000.
Jews for Jesus director sees hope in disruption caused by Israel-Iran war
In the last five days since the Israel-Iran conflict began, hurrying into bomb shelters and hearing the sounds of alarms and explosions has become a way of life for Eli Birnbaum in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart suffers heart attack, will die soon without miracle, son says
Jimmy Swaggart, one of America’s most prominent televangelists who has had a television ministry since 1971 has suffered a heart attack and without a miracle the Pentecostal minister is likely to die soon, his family has announced.
Couple married 60 years killed in church bus crash on way to Sunday service
A Kentucky church and its wider community in Frankfort are grieving after a beloved couple who were members of the congregation for more than 50 years were killed on their way to worship service Sunday after the church’s bus crashed into a telephone pole.
Chosen People Ministries calls for prayers as Iran’s missile attacks kill 8 in Israel
Mitch Glaser, president of Chosen People Ministries, one of the oldest and largest Messianic Jewish organizations in the United States urged Christians to pray for Israel as well as a group of 60 people connected to his organization who are still trapped there as a new round of missile attacks from Iran hit the country killing at least eight people on Monday.
Sean Feucht calls allegations of financial, moral misconduct spiritual warfare
After more than a week of silence on allegations of financial, spiritual, and moral misconduct by former workers of his multiple ministries, activist missionary and worship leader Sean Feucht dismissed them as a spiritual attack and urged his followers to reject them.
Cindy Clemishire files defamation lawsuit against Robert Morris, Gateway Church
Cindy Clemishire, the woman who alleges she was sexually abused by Gateway Church founder Robert Morris in the 1980s, beginning when she was just 12, has filed a defamation lawsuit against the Southlake, Texas, church and Morris seeking over $1 million.
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